Nucor – Yamato Steel Company (NYS), recognizes its role in protecting the environment of
the communities in which we live, work, and raise our families. Protecting
the environment is critical to our operations and our long-term success. We
will commit the resources necessary to promote continual improvement in our
environmental stewardship. To meet the goal of being environmental stewards
we will:

Foster a company atmosphere of
compliance to all environmental laws and regulations and strive to go
beyond compliance.

Show through our actions that
environmental protection is the responsibility and obligation of each
employee, vendor, supplier, and principal contractor.

Minimize the potential for
plant operations to impact the environment by evaluating effective
technologies and opportunities to promote waste minimization and pollution
prevention.